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Examiner: Castro, Angel


Primary examiner statistics: 371 patents; average approval time: 373 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 237 patents; average approval time: 950 days

Patents as Primary Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
7571449 Disk changer device and barrier mechanism thereof
7477491 GMR device having an improved free layer
7478413 Optical recording medium
7477484 Tape cartridge write protect mechanism
7474503 Thin film magnetic head wafer with identification information
7474499 Shielded enclosure of a disc drive for reducing penetration and i...
7463453 Head arm assembly, head stack assembly and disk drive unit using ...
7464388 Optical pickup
7460336 Slider design including stiction reduction pads
7457083 Magnetic disk drive with mechanism to suppress vibration of wirin...
7450351 Magnetoresistive element having current-perpendicular-to-plane st...
7448051 Printer tray picker
7446976 Tape cartridge with visible management information
7446973 Disk and clamp assembly
7440242 Methods and apparatus for improved read sensors of the CPP type u...
7440240 Magnetic head with domain stabilization and magnetic recording/re...
7440241 Magnetoresistive head using longitudinal biasing method with 90-d...
7440243 Read sensors of the CPP type having nitrogenated hard bias layers...
7436637 Magnetoresistive sensor having an improved pinning structure
7436631 Heated gimbal for magnetic head to disk clearance adjustment
7437748 Disk cartridge and data medium having same
7436629 Laminated magnetic structure for use in a perpendicular magnetic ...
7433153 Soft magnetic film and thin film magnetic head using soft magneti...
7428741 Optical storage capable of reducing power consumption
7428125 Rotating disk storage device and pivot bearing
7428743 In-vehicle player
7428127 CPP magnetoresistive effect element and magnetic storage device h...
7423844 Recording disk drive
7423851 Magneto-resistive element and device being provided with magneto-...
7408739 Hard disk drive with disk spacer and spindle motor assembly
7405902 Single piece air diverter for a data storage device
7405907 Adjacent magnetoresistive read head and method for obtaining posi...
7397640 Methods and apparatus for improved read sensors using a multi-lay...
7394625 Structure/method to form bottom spin valves for ultra-high densit...
7395543 Disc chucking apparatus and disc player having the same
7382579 Magnetic head structure
7379397 Optical pickup and optical disc apparatus provided with the same
7379269 Write element with reduced yoke length for ultra-high density wri...
7375928 Disk drive actuator latch apparatus and method
7375925 Magnetic head for perpendicular magnetic recording and method of ...

Patents as Assistant Examiner (view all)

Patent No. Patent Title:
6844998 Magnetoresistive sensor capable of narrowing gap and track width
6822823 Hard disk drive with electrically conductive sheet for electrosta...
6791794 Magnetic head having an antistripping layer for preventing a magn...
6781798 CPP sensor with dual self-pinned AP pinned layer structures
6778351 System and method of redundant cabling in a media storage system
6775096 Chucking device for a magnetic disk
6768612 Disc drive suspension having an independent hinge member
6765766 Bonding tub improved electromagnetic microactuator in disc drives
6765760 Disc drive suspension
6765859 Record and read apparatus
6762907 Disc drive having integral base cooling
6762908 Air razor and disk limiter for a hard disk drive
6757223 System for carrying and reproducing a disc
6757131 Magnetic disk apparatus
6751072 High magnetoresistance spin valve sensor with self-pinned antipar...
6751049 Downstream finned shroud airstream conditioning apparatus for a d...
6751056 Tape drive head cleaner
6747839 Magnetic recording/reproducing device having a post stopper fixed...
6747944 Optical recording medium
6744607 Exchange biased self-pinned spin valve sensor with recessed overl...
6741432 Current perpendicular to the planes (CPP) spin valve sensor with ...
6741420 Hydrodynamic spindle motor with an internally disposed heating el...
6738334 Optical memory apparatus having a base with a unitary and integra...
6738232 Thin-film magnetic head and method of manufacturing same and thin...
6731582 Disc drive apparatus utilizing opposable bases with adjustable pr...
6728190 Disc receiver device
6724585 Magnetoresistive element and device utilizing magnetoresistance e...
6724566 Acoustic damper for a disc drive
6721134 Ramp design for dynamic load
6721148 Magnetoresistive sensor, thin-film read/write head, and magnetic ...
6717900 Integrated compact disc cleaning and labeling device
6707638 Slider impedance mechanism to prevent cartridge ejection during o...
6700863 Disk cartridge
6697212 Cartridge magnetic tape device having magnetic head cleaning mech...
6683752 Tape cassette
6683762 CPP GMR device with inverse GMR material
6680828 Differential GMR head system and method using self-pinned layer
6680825 In-plane suspension-level bending microactuator for precise head ...
6674610 Thin film write head with universal coil design
6665261 Disk cartridge
 
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